You only need 5 minutes to prepare this Dump-and-Bake Chicken Rice Casserole. An easy dinner that cooks in one dish with chicken, green beans, rice and a creamy sauce, the kids love it!
This chicken rice casserole comes from my friend Mollie. Every Tuesday and Thursday morning (with rare exception), I join a few of my girlfriends for a 45-minute walk that is so much more than a little fresh air and exercise.
On one of our recent morning walks, my friend Mollie was laughing as she started to tell us about the dinner that she had served the night before. Mollie was pregnant and not feeling very well, but her mother-in-law was visiting from Texas and she knew that she needed to get a homemade dinner on the table for her family…without an extra trip to the grocery store.
After rummaging through her pantry and freezer, Mollie pulled together this delicious dish. Her chicken rice casserole recipe is so easy that Mollie was almost too embarrassed to tell us her secret! After enough begging and pleading, though, she finally spilled the beans…
Mollie’s Dump-and-Bake Chicken Rice Casserole is an entire dinner that cooks in one dish with only 5 minutes of prep. The brown rice, green beans, and chicken are baked together in a creamy sauce and topped with cheese and breadcrumbs at the end. Mollie’s mother-in-law spent the evening raving about the meal and repeatedly praising the “fancy” crumb topping.?
This easy dinner secret is just one of the many rewards from my morning walks with the girls. I hope that you’ll give it a try and help out one of your closest friends by sharing the simple weeknight meal solution too!
How To Make Easy Chicken Rice Casserole
The chicken and green beans are put in the casserole dish from frozen, so there literally is no prep involved.
Next, add the uncooked brown rice on top of the frozen chicken and beans followed by the creamy sauce.
What’s In The Creamy Sauce?
It couldn’t be simpler, mix together condensed cream of mushroom soup with some chicken broth and pour over the top. Cover with foil and let it bake to perfection.
Cook’s Tips
- If you don’t want to use frozen chicken, just substitute with a thicker piece of meat so that the cooking time is longer. You just don’t want the chicken to dry out while the rice finishes cooking.
- For the soup I used Campbell’s Healthy Request.
- I used whole wheat Panko breadcrumbs, but any type will work fine.
- Use frozen green beans and don’t let them thaw out or they will be overcooked.
More Delicious Casseroles You Might Like;
- Easy Broccoli Casserole
- Apple and Butternut Squash Casserole
- Chicken and Cornbread Casserole
- Sausage, Red Beans and Rice Casserole
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Dump-and-Bake Chicken Rice Casserole
Ingredients
- 6 frozen thin-sliced boneless skinless chicken breast (about 1.5 lbs.)*
- 16 ounce package frozen cut green beans do NOT thaw first
- 2 cups uncooked brown rice
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 1 10.5 ounce can condensed cream of mushroom soup (undiluted)**
- 1 cup 4 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs***
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F (200C).
- Spray a 13 x 9-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- Place frozen, raw chicken cutlets in bottom of prepared dish. Add the frozen green beans over the chicken, and cover with uncooked brown rice.
- Whisk together chicken stock and condensed soup until combined. Pour in the dish.
- Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour, 20 minutes to 1 hour, 30 minutes (or until rice is tender and has absorbed most of the liquid).
- Remove foil, sprinkle with cheddar and breadcrumbs. Place under the broiler (uncovered) for about 5 more minutes, or until cheese is melted and breadcrumbs are crispy.
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Finally a recipe with an accurate cooking time! I’ve tried so many of these “dump and bake” recipes and they’re like cook for 45 minutes and nothing is cooked right lol. This recipe was wonderful! I unfortunately didn’t have cheese or cream of mushroom. I subbed for adding half and half to the chicken broth with some extra seasoning in there lol. I also didn’t have green beans so used frozen broccoli and it was lovely! Without the cheese it was just as savory and turned out to taste just like my mom used to make. Thanks for this recipe, perfect easy dinner!
Thank you, Allysa! We’re so glad you were able to make it work for you and enjoyed the recipe.
Anxious to try this recipe, wondering about the changes you’d make with white rice. Would white rice be an option with the frozen chicken?
Hi Jacqueline! We don’t recommend substituting a different rice for this recipe as it may not cook correctly.
We have lots of other dump and bake recipes with white rice such as our dump-and-bake chicken broccoli rice casserole.